Making Messes and Playing with Paper Mache

My friend Ranie over at Chatty Wacky Whims came over to play and make messes with me. We had so much fun and laughed and giggled a lot. I saved four Coffee Mate jugs and we covered them in paper mache. Then we painted them with a coat of Gesso.  We haven't finished painting them yet but I will share them when we finish them.  Have a wonderful weekend.......................Hugs, Diane http://www.flickr.com/photos/artist_ranie__chatty/
http://chattywackywhims.blogspot.com/   Be sure to stop over and see her work.

Christmas Jewels

Barely enough room for my coffee mug...Finished 30 pair's of earrings. Each one carded with inked edges and embossed with fancy stamp on the bottom.  Each pair has the little rubber stoppers on the back. My name and date...whew....what a project.  I also made six necklaces.  They are going into the Flower and Tea Shop.  It is really amazing how many beads I have and still buy more..Every time I think I will use up the one's that I have, I find the need to buy just a little something to enhance my project..You know how it is?!

The price on these is $15.00.  I have some that are as low as 6.00.  Keep in mind that the Tea Shop gets 20%.  How does that sound? Think I will sell them? Think that is a good price?  Please let me know what you think.   Any and all suggestions appreciated.    HUGS...................DIANE

LOVELY LITTLE BAUBLES

Lovely Little Baubles. Fun to make and hopeful to sell. Once you get all your supplies out you just have to keep on that roll.  I was getting tired of making these (sitting too long hurts my back), but I just couldn't stop.  This time of year is very busy for all of us and I have several projects that I am working on.  Each project is a re-boot for my studio.  Sometimes its paper and glue and other times it is beads and more beads. 

LAST FLOWERS OF SUMMER

Fall is still trying to sneak up on us.  We are having an Indian Summer.  Fall arrives with cooler days and the turning color of the trees.....then boom.....back up into the 90 degree weather.  A cloud came over us yesterday and we got about 14 drops of rain.  If I hadn't taken the dog outside I am quite sure I would have missed it completely.

Once again I find myself in transition in my studio.  Finished all my art swaps and put away all my paper mess and got out all my bead supplies.  I am in the process of TRYING to organize all my beads.  I bought two new containers to sort into.  Guess I am sorting by color and size.  What a huge project.  But just playing in my lovely beads is fun for me.  I have a few pieces that I have made that need to be tweaked some what and I have found a way to card them that I think will be fun...I will keep you posted..Have a relaxing and fun weekend..    "THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE."        DIANE

A Creative Space

I didn't have any art to post today so, I thought I would go into my room and take a couple of pictures of the mess I left from my last project...I had everything put in it's place two weeks ago. All neat and tidy, picture perfect, but never that way for long.  It seems that no matter what project I do, everything has to come out.  Sometime's my Dear Husband brings me food...That is how locked in I get on my day off from work.  So you could say for two days out of the week I live in my studio.  Have a rock'n Wednesday............Spread some JOY today............DIANE

A Charming Swap

Lost in WEB land....................I had a post all written and somehow lost it out there. Anyway to make it short and sweet this time, here are the charms that I received from a group that I am in.. It was a fun swap and I'm glad I could fit it in......Have a beautiful Day.......DIANE

Steampunk Style Pendant

Boy were these fun to make...They were made for a swap and the Hostess sent me two poker chips complete with the top hook to attach it to a chain or leather necklace. I thought they were sorta cool just the way they were, a lovely shade of green and white. I altered them any way and I think they came out good. It is always great to mix it up some and jump around making different types of art. However it does render my work space a disaster area. After dragging out all my watch parts and misc. charms and STUFF I started a 9 x12 collage. Nothing was put away of course just shoved aside some to give me enough space to start a new canvas. It takes too much time to put everything away I would loose precious creative time...I will get back in there when I am more in the organizing mood....I wish the little Martha Stewart faeries would come in while I was at work and straighten everything for me, so when I came home everything would be organized and all at my fingertips.....Oh well I can dream.

Creative Art Room

Well I just had to complete the tour of my very busy Art Space. I love to fill my room with things that inspire me. Sometimes from other artist, sometimes just things that I collect at flea markets and antique stores. This is my space, the place that I am lucky enough to have. The joy that I find here is unmeasurable. The lighting is great, I am blessed to have it at this time in my life. My art was on the back burner for many years and is now in full swing. How wonderful the Internet is here to bring us closer to people with the same interest. Inspiration at our fingertips, friends far and near. Thank you for sharing your time with me.....Diane

Wall to Wall Art

Just thought I would share these pictures of my studio. I took these pictures to show my mother. I put them on a DVD so we could view them on her big screen TV...but for some reason we couldn't view them. For some reason it was the wrong format. So she had to settle for the Laptop view...Believe it or not.....my room was fairly neat when these were taken because I put away a bunch of stuff and cleaned up so when I got home I would have a fresh start. Oh but when I am in the middle of a project everything gets pulled out and gone through. And boy can it look a mess.....I admit it.....I have too much stuff. That is just me I guess, I am a collector of many things and love the hunt as much as I love the prospect of using some discarded funky thing in my next art project....ART ON..............Diane